Suspension-clamp for electric conductors.



No. 776,695. PATENTED' DEC. 6, 1904 E. LLSGHWARZ & A. G. WARD.

SUSPENSION CLAMP FOR ELECTRIC CONDUGTORS.

APPLIOATIOK FILED APR. 10, 1903. RENEWED MAR. 26. 1904.

80 MODEL.

, p ovided filo. 778,695,

Eutented December 6, 1904.

ll STATES PATENT Urrrcn.

E Wll il'tl) LOREhZ @CHWARZ All Alli EH1 (:rHANT WARD, OF BELLE- EGIFEGLTIQN forming part of LL illOlS.

ELEGTREC QDNDUCTORS.

Letters EIa-ttent No. 776,695, dated December 6, 1904.

Appl cation filed April 10, 1903. Renewed Much 26, 1904. Surinl Na. 200.1%. lilo model.)

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7) known that we, EDWARD LORENZ .128 Q of the United Stutcs, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair sno Eltcto of Il nois,

nsionfor Electric Conductors, of which the have invented a new and useful Suspe Lil-emu following is a. speciucation.

invention relates to combined suspenpups and translers-for electric cublcs,

more i ecizilly to suspension-clumps for n o 1 which the cable proper suspend-- by means or hooks. suspending an aerial clectric cable considerable tho common practice is to cmplo v a wire held in suitable chimp: on the poles and to. support the means of hooks secured to c2.-

, hlcs zit comparatively short intervals and passo'vcr the wirc held in the clamps upon the poles. in order suspend the cable, i' n'iustheunwor'id from it reel upon the round,

irried up to .c wire, Find the hooks at zichcd to the cublc p l in position upon the wirc us the cable s dmwn upward. in order to snspeild 51, cubic of onsiderable lcngth upon 2. wirc-suppc t in lo usual way, it is ncccssur to mun on each pole to lift tho pr" ,ing l'lOOliS oil the wire and pass All id tho wire-clamp at the pole as tho :lc sdrswn-swng from polo to pole This necessitates a, pause every few moments, mail;- the p1occss at slow one, and roquircs the 'ice of s considcrublc number of men to ipcnd cable of any but very short long h. hc object of this invcntion is to ohms the dis: hunting-es of the common proccdurc sketch ed above; and thencrully speaking, in n for the cahlesupporting wire, which known as the i n'icsscngcr-wire, 1 comprises :i permanent chunp in which i ger-wire may be securely hclo and tcsnporsr v support upon which the mosscn- 'iro may be placed during tho 0 nntion i suspchding cable, the temporary support bcing so formed that when the messencr-rfrc is routing thereon the csblc-sm portg hooks may be drawn "4 the messianl l l l l l i l l l l l l 1 l l l l l l the temporary support in describing the invention reference Will be had to the accompanying drawings, in "hich is illustrated the preferred form of em loyment of the invention, corresponding parts being designated by the some characters of reference throughout the various views.

in thc drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective oi the upper portion of the pole for supporting electric conductors provided with on? improved suspcnsion-dcvice and showing the inessengcnwire clamped securely in position with a cubic suspended therefrom. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but with theh1sscngcrwire resting upon the temporary support. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the suspcnsion device detached from the pole.

Referring specifically-lo the drawings, 1 designates the main nienibcr'of our suspension device, comprising acentrsl base portion 2, having openings for spikes or bolts, 2t lug ,2) at the lower end thereof, which is disposed at right angles to the base portion, and IL curvcd extcnsion ut the upper end of the base portion, (dcsignutcd 4i.) lhe horizontal'lug 3' is providcd on its upper surface with a groove 5 which forms a seat for tho messenger-wire (3 and is nierccd with openings lor thc pussngo oi' clumping-bolts 25. in order to sccuro the messenger-wire iirinly in position in the groove 5, clump-plate 9 is provided, having :1 groove 10 corrcsponding in position to the groove 5 on the lug 3 and having openings 11 for the passage of bolts 8.

The extension at tho upper end of the base portion 1 is curvcu, as shown, and the end thereof is dircctcd upward Across the end of the cxtcnsion 4 a groove 12 is formcd to afford a seat for thc messenger-wire (5 when ilnccd in position, as indicated in Fig. 2. The groove formed in the extension 4 should be as deep as possiblc without having the edges thcrcto project upward beyond the center of tho mosscngcr-wiro in order to nii'ordzts secure :1 support for thc mcsscngcr-wire as possible without in any wuy interfering with the pas- Ordinarily the diameter of the messenger-wire will be approximately equal to the thickness of the material of which the curved extension is made, and consequently the groove at the upper end of the extension may be semicircular in cross-section, or nearly so.

When the messenger-wire is in position in the clamp, as shown in Fig. 1, it is obvious that the cable 13 cannot der the messenger-wire without causing the cablesupporting hooks 14 to come into contact with the clamp; but when the messengerwire rests in the groove 12 at the end of the extension 4 the hooks 14 will slide freely along the messenger-wire without cominginto contact with the support for the wire at all.

in using our invention for suspending a cable the messenger-wire is supported in the groove on the extension 4:, and the cable-supporting hooks 1% are placed in position on the messenger-wire as fast as the cable is drawn upward to the wire. cable to the messenger-wire does not enter into this invention, and any ordinary course of procedure in raising the cable may be followed. As the cable is raised and the hooks are placed in position on the messengerwvire it can be drawn forward under the messengerwire until it has been strung over all the spaces which it is desired to cover.

As the curved extension 4 presents no obthe passage of cable-supporting struction to hooks along the messenger-wire, it will readily be understood that when the messengerwire is supported in the grooves 12 the cable may be drawn along the messenger-wire without its being necessary to have a man at each pole to lift the cable-supporting hooks around the support for the messenger-wire. Consequently it will be apparent that when it is impossible to secure alarge force of men for carr in on-the work of sus endin the ca b a l ble this form of support will be of great advantage, for one man may ascend each pole in succession and shift the messenger-wire from the clamp at the bottom of the hunger to the temporary support at the top, and after this has been done a small number of men will be able to draw the cable upward and pull it along under the messenger-wire until the suspension from the entire space has been complot-ed. After the cable has been put in position on the messengeiwvire one man will be able to ascend each pole successively and rebe drawn along unl The mode of raising the turn the messenger-wire trom the temporary support to the clamp, where it may be secured in position.

It is to be understood that while we have shown and described the preferred form of the employment of the invention we do not desireto be limited to the exact form, proportions,

or mode of assemblage of the elements thereof,

but reserve the right to make such. changes therein as do not depart from the spirit of the invention.

Having described the construction and operation of our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of adevice of the character specified, of a clamp for permanently supporting a wire, and a temporary support above said clamp and integral with the base thereof upon which a wire may be supported during the operation of suspending a cable I therefrom.

2. The combination in a device of the character specified, of a clamp for permanently supporting the wire, a temporary support above said clamp and integral with the base thereof adapted to support the wire from beneath only, and to present no obstruction to the passage of cable-supporting hooks along the wire. 3. The combination in adevice of the character specified, of a clamp for permanently supporting a wire, and a temporary support formed integral with the base of said clamp comprising an upwardly-curved arm having a groove in the end thereof to form a seat for the wire.

4:. A suspension device comprising a base adapted to be secured to a suitable support, a horizontal lug at the lower end of said base having a groove on its upper surface to afford I a seat for the wire, a clamping-plate, clamping-bolts passing through said 'clamp-plate and said lug, and an upwardly and outwardly curved extension from said base having the end thereof grooved to form a temporary support for the wire.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LORENZ SUHWARZ.

ALBERT GRANT WARD. Witnesses:

l1. J. Tnonnnnnuno,

H. L. l/VARD. 

